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Turning the World Upside Down: A Journey Through Luke-Acts
Every so often, a book comes along that helps you see the world differently. Sometimes it's a novel. Sometimes it's a conversation with a friend. And sometimes it's Scripture.
Over the summer, we'll be walking together through portions of Luke and Acts in a series called Turning the World Upside Down. The title comes from Acts 17, where the early followers of Jesus are accused of "turning the world upside down." I will be drawing heavily from Robert neff and Christina Bucher's book, Luke and Acts, Turning the World Upsidedown.
The gospel challenged assumptions, crossed boundaries, and invited people to imagine a different kind of kingdom. In Luke and Acts, we find ordinary people discovering that God is much bigger, much more gracious, and much more active than they had imagined.
Philip discovers that God is already at work in the life of an Ethiopian traveler before he ever arrives on the desert road.
Ananias learns that the man he feared most can become "Brother Saul" because Christ's grace is greater than his past.
Peter discovers that God's love reaches far beyond the invisible fences he had inherited and that the Holy Spirit is already at work on both sides of those boundaries.
Later, when Peter finds himself in prison, the church learns that no earthly power—not chains, not locked doors, not kings—can stop the mission of God.
One of the themes that keeps surfacing as I prepare these sermons is something theologian Ben Campbell Johnson once wrote: God is a longing God. Long before we begin searching for God, God is already searching for us. Long before the church arrives, the Holy Spirit is already at work.
That realization changes the way we think about discipleship, evangelism, and even our daily lives. Perhaps our calling is not so much to bring God into the world as it is to recognize where God is already at work and faithfully join in.
My hope is that this series will do more than help us understand the early church. I hope it will help us become the church... people who recognize God's presence in unexpected places, who cross barriers with courage and compassion, who welcome one another as brothers and sisters in Christ, and who trust that God's kingdom is still turning the world upside down.
I hope you'll join us on the journey.
Pastor Beth

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